Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
ALEXANDER POPEIn faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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